The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-09-22

on the track IN splendid condition, 1t
has transpired that Gent failed at
| private trial this morning and that his
hackers at the last moment forbade
his running, giving Hutchins the
| stakes, but saving heavy bets. The
| owners of the grounds refused to re-
| turn the entrance money and the peo-
pie was doubly enraged.
DESTRUCTIVE NORTHEAST GALES.
ST. JOHN, n. F., Sept. IA gale
from the Northeast Saturday night
caused great damage at Port Ugal
Cove. Many boats were driven ashore
from their moOrings, and others were
driven against the cliffs and smashed.
The stage-heads were swept away and
the gears destroyed. AT Placentai sew
eral boats were driven to sea and
anae f fesrs esen entertained asasf from fop
their safety. The Bank fleet is
suffering severely. Bonavista presents
dreadful scene. All sorts of wreck
age is Strewn about the streets.
Twenty boats were driven ashore and
seven sunk at their mornings. Not a
standing. Only two fore and alters
were insured and the loss will be
heavy. at st. Johns man named
Learning was blown overheard and
drowned.
KILLED BY A BOILER EXPLOSION.
LONDON, Sept. 19.-Eight men were
killed by a boiler exploding on board
the West Indian steamer Elbe. during
trial exhibition in the bay to-day.
NIHILIsTs REoRGANIzE.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. IA
pamphlet has been circulated in this
city announcing that the reorganiZa-
ton of the Nihilists has been fully
GU fr11 fInk <Nf
action are fully provided with every
thing requisite for the carrying out of
their plans. Nihilism is fast spread
ing in Siberia, where, during August,
forty-five guards absconded and twen-
ty-three prisoners escaped.
NEW CASES OF CHOLERA.
ROME, Sept. 17.-There have been
deaths in Catanis during the twenty
four hour ending last evening; $50 new
cases and fOrty-five deaths in Messina,
and thirty-two new cases and deaths in
the province of Naples.
AIEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY.
CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 16.-Inde-
pendence Day was celebrated in this
city with extraordinary enthusiasm.
The city was finely decorated. The IL
Nominations last night were magnif-
cent. At IL O'Clock p. M, President
DiaZ made his appearance in front of
the National Palace, and repeated to
great crowd the historic Declaration
of Independence. No sooner had the
last words died awry when
tremendous salute by cannon was fired.
The citizens marched through the
the ex-President and high function
aries marched in procession in the Ala
menda, where patriotic exercises took
place. The business offices of all
Americans along the line of march
were finely decorated with stars and
stripes, intertwined with the Mexican
flag and portraits of Hidalgo and
Washington crowned with laurels.
The American colony took an active
part in the celebration. American ale
gorical cars were in the grand process
sion, which occurred later in the fore
noon, and were greatly applauded.
The military feature of the procession
was very imposing. Ten thousand of
the finest troops in Mexico were in line
and elected great applause from the
Americans.
TERRI BILE ACCIDENT.
HALIFAX, n. s., Sept. 20.--The Brit
ish war ship BellerophOn, carrying the
| flag of Admiral Lyon. which was Or
dered to the New Foundland fishing
| waters, has arrived here and placed in
hospital the men injured by the eX-
The extent of this terrible accident
was hushed up in Quebec. 1t happened
thus: Governor General LanSdownS
and suite were at the old French cap
ital. On the evening of September 10
there was a grand entertainment in
Transformers honor on board the flag
ship Bellerophon. at night the vessel
was gorgeouSly illuminated with cleo
tricity, oil lamps and fireworks. at
$50, as Lord Lansdowne and party
were leaving for shore, some six
hundred men of the crew were
on deck. The yards were manned,
bands playing, and there was a grand
finale of explosions. a pile of sixty of
the most powerful rockets lay on the
upper deck. One of them on being
lighted, instead of going up in the air,
exploded on deck igniting the others. In
moment the death-deaiing rockets
were sweeping the deck in every direc-
ton, burning lacerating and manning
the helpless men. The Quebec papers
the next morning announced that
midshipman and two men had been in
jured. The fact was that nearly forty
men were injured, thirteen of them in
Guiding Midshipman Dautney, so Seri-
ous1y that the Bellerophon had to leave
Quebec and, instead of going to New
Foundland as ordered she
the men in the naval hospital.
They are terribly burned and lacerated.
Some have the heshy part of their
thighs and legs blown off. Others have
the muscles of their arms torn away.